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in Canada , with which we have a great relationship .”
“ The province is well located for export to reach our global customers ,” adds Allan , “ and has the incredible talent we need for our advanced facility .”
The work that GE will do in Canada is described by
Warburton as “ wholeworld
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that it will eventually be competing against at least two hundred others worldwide .
The facility will run 3D modelbased simulations to help optimize manufacturing , and real-time analytics to ensure GE is able to predict and prevent unplanned downtime . “ If you can predict what ’ s happening
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digital ,” meaning an industrial level of IoT . “ Advanced manufacturing now is about taking a look at existing factories and saying ‘ how can we be better by using both digital and lean manufacturing ?’, and so in Welland we ’ re building bigger and better efficiency through digitization .”
GE expects that the Brilliant Factory will swiftly allow production to run around 30 percent faster than it currently does , and that it will be at least 10 percent more productive . The Welland Plant is likely to remain one of the top 10 in the world , despite the fact
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with your machine before it occurs , you can fix it in advance ,” Warburton says . “ 3D manufacturing has become very advanced ; you couldn ’ t do any of this five or 10 years ago . Down the line we ’ ll undoubtedly be using virtual reality in some factories . All these new things are now being brought into facilities which make them more viable than ever before .”
The Brilliant Factory production model , GE says , has evolved quite naturally to a point where it is among the most advanced in the world . “ Just think about consumer internet 10
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